1. The last Monday of June has arrived. The year is approaching the one-half mark--it is your choice whether that is one-half gone or remaining. There are 27 Mondays remaining in the year.
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Mason-Dixon Line Park GAP Trail June 16, 2024 |
2. One of the stops we made during the GAP ride was along the Mason-Dixon Line. There is a small park where the line is paved in white rock and there is a prominent marker. In the image, PA is on the left and MD is on the right side of the line.
3. It was very good to get home after over a month of almost continuous travel. We began to feel like our home was just another temporary stop. At one point last week, I had slept in five different beds in a seven day period--and none of them were mine!
4. I continue to be amazed by the number of vehicles traveling in excess of what must be 90 mph on the highways and they weave in and out of traffic. There has to be a way to stop them as they make driving dangerous.
5. On Thursday, Moody’s Analytics, which evaluates risk, performance, and financial modeling, compared the economic promises of President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Authors Mark Zandi, Brendan LaCerda, and Justin Begley concluded that while a second Biden presidency would see cooling inflation and continued economic growth of 2.1%, a Trump presidency would be an economic disaster. (Letters from an American)
6. Today in History. On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.
Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel and the dawn of the atomic age caused many Americans to turn their attention to the skies. The town of Roswell, located near the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico, became a magnet for UFO believers due to the strange events of early July 1947, when ranch foreman W.W. Brazel found a strange, shiny material scattered over some of his land. He turned the material over to the sheriff, who passed it on to authorities at the nearby Air Force base. On July 8, Air Force officials announced they had recovered the wreckage of a “flying disk.” A local newspaper put the story on its front page, launching Roswell into the spotlight of the public’s UFO fascination.
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as Russia-North Korea defense pact deepens regional fears - CNNUnrelenting heat wave set to shift into the South today - CNN
Blaze in South Korea battery plant kills 22 workers - Reuters
Ukraine inches closer to EU dream after decade of war - Reuters
Ukraine’s Naval Drones Turn the Tide in the Battle of the Black Sea - The Wall Street Journal
The Texas Factory About to Become a Key Ammo Supplier for the U.S., Ukraine - The Wall Street Journal
Americans Are All Over Europe This Summer. Here’s How to Outsmart the Crowds. - The Wall Street Journal
Hajj heat wave deaths underscore climate threat for most vulnerable - The Washington Post
Abortion Debate Shifts as Election Nears: ‘Now It’s About Pregnancy - The New York Times
-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL
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